There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
It doesn't matter if you are at the airport before sunlight Because you are still going to miss your flight. From the outside looking in, this does not look fine
By Adrian Holman6 days ago in Poets
You are the problem. You are a bad boss. You shout at people who depend on this job. You call it leadership. It is not leadership. It is intimidation.
By Lana V Lynx6 days ago in Poets
Sitting here in the ashes of our sexual burnt out fire, Something that was big in the peak of our desire, Sexually for filling uncontrollably hot sex,
By George’s Girl 2026 6 days ago in Poets
I feel a fire swirling, every swallowed word loosened, every silenced defense crescendoed into a symphony of courage.
By Eden Row6 days ago in Poets
Blasted blond basting in bourbon makes a scene Sloshing Seagram's Seven shots. Lady is loud, lamenting about
By Dean Traylor7 days ago in Poets
You cannot earn your way to heaven , But you can pave the road to hell . Sin before you’ve taken breath , Forgiven before you can tell .
By Logan Stanislaw7 days ago in Poets
Death… and the ponderment of its wandering concern. We cherish life, while in the same breath, deny its experience. The container of society looms ever-present over shoulder.
By Ly Anna7 days ago in Poets
with the path I walk I may never be wealthy but content within. Note: I am trying to earn by writing and selling my arts. Both are hard, but it's so healing. I can't imagine being in a stale air cubicle doing meaningless work, being bossed around.
By Seema Patel7 days ago in Poets
Lightening never strikes twice Lightening never strikes twice It hits once and moves on Wind cuts sharp through the silence
By George’s Girl 2026 7 days ago in Poets
Amethyst Stopped My Panic Attacks I bought it for my panic attacks not for beauty not for luck just to stop the world from spinning
Is it part of my personality that I’m late? That even when I prepare more than before, I’m still behind the 8-ball? I hope not. And I don’t think so because sometimes I can manage to be early.
By Gabriel Shames7 days ago in Poets
~ ALICE bedecked in saving grace, distracts from our moral corruption ____________________________________________________
By Heather Hubler7 days ago in Poets